to think Hogwarts could have taken squibs?

I was thinking about this, and surely they could take the majority of classes there? Ok, not Charms or Transfiguration, but presumably Potions, History of Magic, Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, Ancient Runes and Astronomy could be done, maybe with some minor adjustments?

It doesn't seem like adult wizards do magic all the time either, and a lot the 'everyday' magic they use, they don't actually cast themselves (floo powder for example). I don't think you have to be magic to ride a broomstick either.

So surely they should at least have the chance to go to Hogwarts (and follow a slightly altered curriculum) rather than have to integrate into the Muggle community?

I don't think the magic stuff would work for a non wizard - I don't think a muggle or squib could use a broomstick or a wand.And where would it end? You'd end up with masses of squibs taking over a school which is geared towards high level wizarding skills!Do feel sorry for the squibs though, very sad.

I don't understand why any Muggle parents would send their child there.

A letter arrives out of the blue on the kid's 11th birthday and you just go "Oh, Hermione, it would appear that you are endowed with magical powers. Off you go to this boarding school hundreds of miles away which we've never heard of, let alone visited or read its inspection report. No problem."

I would have said Potions was very like Chemistry - do the right steps in the right order and you'll get the result, it's just you're using unicorn hair and dragon's blood rather than ethers and epoxides.

The other thing is squibs up to the age of 17 aren't that much different to magical siblings are they, none of them can do magic in the 'real world'.

It seems like squibs are more marginalised than Muggles who marry in to wizarding families, even though squibs would understand the culture better,

Dumbledore wouldn't have been conscious of Magical School League tables because there weren't any other Magical Schools, were there? It's like an academy gone rogue. They can do what the hell they like.

I think that a lot of the subjects such as potions and arithmancy require magical ability even if you don't use a wand in class. That would leave history of magic, most of care of magical creatures, and possibly astrology as subjects which isn't a lot. If I were the patent of a squib I would rather they got a good muggle education with the possibility of integrating into the muggle world while making sure they kept their cultural ties with the magical world.

I wonder if any wizards would send their kids to muggle schools until they are of age to attend Hogwarts? That's what muggle-borns would do, because they would not have known anything else, but wizard children still have to learn reading, writing, math, etc. Either parents have to teach them at home, or they would have to be schooled elsewhere.